Tampico Tornado, October 12, 1916
AGED MAN FOUND DEAD IN R.R. CLOSET
Jacob B. Adams Pioneer Citizen Dies Suddenly Tuesday of Heart Failure, Oct. 10, 1916-79y 8m 22d
Alarmed and worried when their aged father did not return from town an hour after supper time, Jacob B. Adams' daughters gave the alarm that he must be lost or something happened. Searching parties were organized and the sad news was soon conveyed to the waiting, worried daughters that their father had been found dead in the closet at the Burlington depot, about 7:30 o'clock by Wm. Metcalf one of the searchers. The aged man who was still active and able to ge about and care for himself was last seen about 8 p.m. when he was at the pool hall. It is supposed that he went from there to the depot and then to the closet. When found his body was cold indicating that he had been there for several hours. He was in a sitting posture with his head thrown back into the corner and had evidentally died without a struggle. The body was taken to Parent's undertaking rooms where the inquest was held the following being the jury: A. J. GLASSBURN foreman, G. L LOVE, Robt. COLLINS, H. E. RICE, Wm FURRY, O. D. OLSSON who after hearing the testimony of Wm. METCALF who told of finding the dead man and James ADAMS a nephew who said that the dead man had not been feeling real well since last Friday and had taken laxatives on the day of his death. He thought the death was due to heart trouble and understood that he had been treated for heart trouble by Dr. HORN who also testified theat he had treated the deceased for heart trouble. coroner FRYE directed the jury to return a verdict of death due to heart failure while in the Burlington closet.
No funeral arrangements had been made up to Wednesday noon owning to the fact that a daughter in the west must be heard from. It may possibly be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church.
Jacob B. ADAMS was born in Dayton, Ind., Jan. 19, 1837 and came to Illinois with his parents in 1847 settling in Bureau county south of Tampico where the family lived for many years making him one of the pioneers He was an old soldier and served in Co. B., 64th Ill. Vol. Inf.. He was married March 28, 1872 to Miss Nellie OLSSON who died Sept. 3, 1884. Several years ago he retired from the farm and has made Tampico his home ever since.
He is survived by four daughters: Amy ADAMS at home, Alma HALL at home, May ADAMS of North Dakota, Minnie WHITTAKER of Yellowstone Park, Wyo. There are no remaining brothers or sisters. The relatives have the sympathy of the community in the sad, quick taking of their father.
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TAMPICO TORNADO October 19, 1916
FUNERAL OF JACOB B ADAMS
The funeral of the late Jacob B. ADAMS was held last Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Methodist church, the services being in charge of Rev. W. J.EYLES, pastor of the Baptist church and commander of the sons of Veterans who was assisted by Rev C.THORNTON, the new Methodist pastor. Old soldiers, some of veterans and ladies of the Relief Corps attended the funeral in a body. Music was furnished by a quartette consisting of Mesdames Jack HELLIER and Homer TURNER. The church was filled with relatives and old neighbors and friends of the deceased and there were a number of beautiful floral tributes. Interment was in the cemery at Whittington near his old farm home.
The pall bearers were Sam and John MEEK, Will, Robert, Frank and Collins ADAMS.
(Note: Whittington Cemetery, also known as Greenville/Fairfield Cemetery and is currently known as Union Cemetery)
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American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Jacob Adams
Residence: Fairfield, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 28 Sep 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Death Date: 10 Oct 1916
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 September 1861.
Enlisted in Company B, 64th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 1 Nov 1861.
Received a disability discharge from Company B, 64th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 14 Jun 1862.
Battles Fought;
Fought on 28 May 1862 at Corinth, MS.
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Contributor Anne Winters gave info for his mother, Isabella Bushong Adams and father Wm Adams owned the lot and I suspect he is buried there with no marker.
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JACOB B. ADAMS, Fairfield, was born January 19, 1837, in Dayton, Tippecanoe Co., Ind. He is a son of William and Isabell (Bushong) Adams - the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Kentucky.They were the parents of five children, viz.: Samuel, Mrs. Margaret J. Rinehard, Jacob B., our subject, Mrs. Catharine Meek, Mary M (deceased), and Francis Adams. The parents came to Bureau County, Ill., in the fall of 1840, and settled in Fairfield Township, Sectin 12.William Adams yet survives. Jacob B. Adams was reared in Bureau County, where he has made farming his occupation, and now owns a farm of eighty acres. Politically, he is connected with the Republican party.
Mr. Adams was married March 28, 1872, to Nellie Olson, a native of Sweden. Mrs. Nellie Adams was a good wife, and the fond mother of four children, viz.: Annie I., born January 25, 1873; Almie M., born July 13, 1876; Fannie M., born October 8, 1879, and Minnie Grace, born June 13, 1881. Mrs. Nellie Adams died September 3, 1884.
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AGED MAN FOUND DEAD IN R.R. CLOSET
Jacob B. Adams Pioneer Citizen Dies Suddenly Tuesday of Heart Failure, Oct. 10, 1916-79y 8m 22d
Alarmed and worried when their aged father did not return from town an hour after supper time, Jacob B. Adams' daughters gave the alarm that he must be lost or something happened. Searching parties were organized and the sad news was soon conveyed to the waiting, worried daughters that their father had been found dead in the closet at the Burlington depot, about 7:30 o'clock by Wm. Metcalf one of the searchers. The aged man who was still active and able to ge about and care for himself was last seen about 8 p.m. when he was at the pool hall. It is supposed that he went from there to the depot and then to the closet. When found his body was cold indicating that he had been there for several hours. He was in a sitting posture with his head thrown back into the corner and had evidentally died without a struggle. The body was taken to Parent's undertaking rooms where the inquest was held the following being the jury: A. J. GLASSBURN foreman, G. L LOVE, Robt. COLLINS, H. E. RICE, Wm FURRY, O. D. OLSSON who after hearing the testimony of Wm. METCALF who told of finding the dead man and James ADAMS a nephew who said that the dead man had not been feeling real well since last Friday and had taken laxatives on the day of his death. He thought the death was due to heart trouble and understood that he had been treated for heart trouble by Dr. HORN who also testified theat he had treated the deceased for heart trouble. coroner FRYE directed the jury to return a verdict of death due to heart failure while in the Burlington closet.
No funeral arrangements had been made up to Wednesday noon owning to the fact that a daughter in the west must be heard from. It may possibly be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church.
Jacob B. ADAMS was born in Dayton, Ind., Jan. 19, 1837 and came to Illinois with his parents in 1847 settling in Bureau county south of Tampico where the family lived for many years making him one of the pioneers He was an old soldier and served in Co. B., 64th Ill. Vol. Inf.. He was married March 28, 1872 to Miss Nellie OLSSON who died Sept. 3, 1884. Several years ago he retired from the farm and has made Tampico his home ever since.
He is survived by four daughters: Amy ADAMS at home, Alma HALL at home, May ADAMS of North Dakota, Minnie WHITTAKER of Yellowstone Park, Wyo. There are no remaining brothers or sisters. The relatives have the sympathy of the community in the sad, quick taking of their father.
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TAMPICO TORNADO October 19, 1916
FUNERAL OF JACOB B ADAMS
The funeral of the late Jacob B. ADAMS was held last Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Methodist church, the services being in charge of Rev. W. J.EYLES, pastor of the Baptist church and commander of the sons of Veterans who was assisted by Rev C.THORNTON, the new Methodist pastor. Old soldiers, some of veterans and ladies of the Relief Corps attended the funeral in a body. Music was furnished by a quartette consisting of Mesdames Jack HELLIER and Homer TURNER. The church was filled with relatives and old neighbors and friends of the deceased and there were a number of beautiful floral tributes. Interment was in the cemery at Whittington near his old farm home.
The pall bearers were Sam and John MEEK, Will, Robert, Frank and Collins ADAMS.
(Note: Whittington Cemetery, also known as Greenville/Fairfield Cemetery and is currently known as Union Cemetery)
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American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Jacob Adams
Residence: Fairfield, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 28 Sep 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Death Date: 10 Oct 1916
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 September 1861.
Enlisted in Company B, 64th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 1 Nov 1861.
Received a disability discharge from Company B, 64th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 14 Jun 1862.
Battles Fought;
Fought on 28 May 1862 at Corinth, MS.
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Contributor Anne Winters gave info for his mother, Isabella Bushong Adams and father Wm Adams owned the lot and I suspect he is buried there with no marker.
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JACOB B. ADAMS, Fairfield, was born January 19, 1837, in Dayton, Tippecanoe Co., Ind. He is a son of William and Isabell (Bushong) Adams - the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Kentucky.They were the parents of five children, viz.: Samuel, Mrs. Margaret J. Rinehard, Jacob B., our subject, Mrs. Catharine Meek, Mary M (deceased), and Francis Adams. The parents came to Bureau County, Ill., in the fall of 1840, and settled in Fairfield Township, Sectin 12.William Adams yet survives. Jacob B. Adams was reared in Bureau County, where he has made farming his occupation, and now owns a farm of eighty acres. Politically, he is connected with the Republican party.
Mr. Adams was married March 28, 1872, to Nellie Olson, a native of Sweden. Mrs. Nellie Adams was a good wife, and the fond mother of four children, viz.: Annie I., born January 25, 1873; Almie M., born July 13, 1876; Fannie M., born October 8, 1879, and Minnie Grace, born June 13, 1881. Mrs. Nellie Adams died September 3, 1884.
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Tampico Tornado, October 12, 1916
AGED MAN FOUND DEAD IN R.R. CLOSET
Jacob B. Adams Pioneer Citizen Dies Suddenly Tuesday of Heart Failure, Oct. 10, 1916-79y 8m 22d
Alarmed and worried when their aged father did not return from town an hour after supper time, Jacob B. Adams' daughters gave the alarm that he must be lost or something happened. Searching parties were organized and the sad news was soon conveyed to the waiting, worried daughters that their father had been found dead in the closet at the Burlington depot, about 7:30 o'clock by Wm. Metcalf one of the searchers. The aged man who was still active and able to ge about and care for himself was last seen about 8 p.m. when he was at the pool hall. It is supposed that he went from there to the depot and then to the closet. When found his body was cold indicating that he had been there for several hours. He was in a sitting posture with his head thrown back into the corner and had evidentally died without a struggle. The body was taken to Parent's undertaking rooms where the inquest was held the following being the jury: A. J. GLASSBURN foreman, G. L LOVE, Robt. COLLINS, H. E. RICE, Wm FURRY, O. D. OLSSON who after hearing the testimony of Wm. METCALF who told of finding the dead man and James ADAMS a nephew who said that the dead man had not been feeling real well since last Friday and had taken laxatives on the day of his death. He thought the death was due to heart trouble and understood that he had been treated for heart trouble by Dr. HORN who also testified theat he had treated the deceased for heart trouble. coroner FRYE directed the jury to return a verdict of death due to heart failure while in the Burlington closet.
No funeral arrangements had been made up to Wednesday noon owning to the fact that a daughter in the west must be heard from. It may possibly be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church.
Jacob B. ADAMS was born in Dayton, Ind., Jan. 19, 1837 and came to Illinois with his parents in 1847 settling in Bureau county south of Tampico where the family lived for many years making him one of the pioneers He was an old soldier and served in Co. B., 64th Ill. Vol. Inf.. He was married March 28, 1872 to Miss Nellie OLSSON who died Sept. 3, 1884. Several years ago he retired from the farm and has made Tampico his home ever since.
He is survived by four daughters: Amy ADAMS at home, Alma HALL at home, May ADAMS of North Dakota, Minnie WHITTAKER of Yellowstone Park, Wyo. There are no remaining brothers or sisters. The relatives have the sympathy of the community in the sad, quick taking of their father.
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TAMPICO TORNADO October 19, 1916
FUNERAL OF JACOB B ADAMS
The funeral of the late Jacob B. ADAMS was held last Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Methodist church, the services being in charge of Rev. W. J.EYLES, pastor of the Baptist church and commander of the sons of Veterans who was assisted by Rev C.THORNTON, the new Methodist pastor. Old soldiers, some of veterans and ladies of the Relief Corps attended the funeral in a body. Music was furnished by a quartette consisting of Mesdames Jack HELLIER and Homer TURNER. The church was filled with relatives and old neighbors and friends of the deceased and there were a number of beautiful floral tributes. Interment was in the cemery at Whittington near his old farm home.
The pall bearers were Sam and John MEEK, Will, Robert, Frank and Collins ADAMS.
(Note: Whittington Cemetery, also known as Greenville/Fairfield Cemetery and is currently known as Union Cemetery)
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American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Jacob Adams
Residence: Fairfield, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 28 Sep 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Death Date: 10 Oct 1916
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 September 1861.
Enlisted in Company B, 64th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 1 Nov 1861.
Received a disability discharge from Company B, 64th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 14 Jun 1862.
Battles Fought;
Fought on 28 May 1862 at Corinth, MS.
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Contributor Anne Winters gave info for his mother, Isabella Bushong Adams and father Wm Adams owned the lot and I suspect he is buried there with no marker.
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JACOB B. ADAMS, Fairfield, was born January 19, 1837, in Dayton, Tippecanoe Co., Ind. He is a son of William and Isabell (Bushong) Adams - the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Kentucky.They were the parents of five children, viz.: Samuel, Mrs. Margaret J. Rinehard, Jacob B., our subject, Mrs. Catharine Meek, Mary M (deceased), and Francis Adams. The parents came to Bureau County, Ill., in the fall of 1840, and settled in Fairfield Township, Sectin 12.William Adams yet survives. Jacob B. Adams was reared in Bureau County, where he has made farming his occupation, and now owns a farm of eighty acres. Politically, he is connected with the Republican party.
Mr. Adams was married March 28, 1872, to Nellie Olson, a native of Sweden. Mrs. Nellie Adams was a good wife, and the fond mother of four children, viz.: Annie I., born January 25, 1873; Almie M., born July 13, 1876; Fannie M., born October 8, 1879, and Minnie Grace, born June 13, 1881. Mrs. Nellie Adams died September 3, 1884.
See more at: http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.com
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Information; Anne Winters #46894343
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AGED MAN FOUND DEAD IN R.R. CLOSET
Jacob B. Adams Pioneer Citizen Dies Suddenly Tuesday of Heart Failure, Oct. 10, 1916-79y 8m 22d
Alarmed and worried when their aged father did not return from town an hour after supper time, Jacob B. Adams' daughters gave the alarm that he must be lost or something happened. Searching parties were organized and the sad news was soon conveyed to the waiting, worried daughters that their father had been found dead in the closet at the Burlington depot, about 7:30 o'clock by Wm. Metcalf one of the searchers. The aged man who was still active and able to ge about and care for himself was last seen about 8 p.m. when he was at the pool hall. It is supposed that he went from there to the depot and then to the closet. When found his body was cold indicating that he had been there for several hours. He was in a sitting posture with his head thrown back into the corner and had evidentally died without a struggle. The body was taken to Parent's undertaking rooms where the inquest was held the following being the jury: A. J. GLASSBURN foreman, G. L LOVE, Robt. COLLINS, H. E. RICE, Wm FURRY, O. D. OLSSON who after hearing the testimony of Wm. METCALF who told of finding the dead man and James ADAMS a nephew who said that the dead man had not been feeling real well since last Friday and had taken laxatives on the day of his death. He thought the death was due to heart trouble and understood that he had been treated for heart trouble by Dr. HORN who also testified theat he had treated the deceased for heart trouble. coroner FRYE directed the jury to return a verdict of death due to heart failure while in the Burlington closet.
No funeral arrangements had been made up to Wednesday noon owning to the fact that a daughter in the west must be heard from. It may possibly be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church.
Jacob B. ADAMS was born in Dayton, Ind., Jan. 19, 1837 and came to Illinois with his parents in 1847 settling in Bureau county south of Tampico where the family lived for many years making him one of the pioneers He was an old soldier and served in Co. B., 64th Ill. Vol. Inf.. He was married March 28, 1872 to Miss Nellie OLSSON who died Sept. 3, 1884. Several years ago he retired from the farm and has made Tampico his home ever since.
He is survived by four daughters: Amy ADAMS at home, Alma HALL at home, May ADAMS of North Dakota, Minnie WHITTAKER of Yellowstone Park, Wyo. There are no remaining brothers or sisters. The relatives have the sympathy of the community in the sad, quick taking of their father.
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TAMPICO TORNADO October 19, 1916
FUNERAL OF JACOB B ADAMS
The funeral of the late Jacob B. ADAMS was held last Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Methodist church, the services being in charge of Rev. W. J.EYLES, pastor of the Baptist church and commander of the sons of Veterans who was assisted by Rev C.THORNTON, the new Methodist pastor. Old soldiers, some of veterans and ladies of the Relief Corps attended the funeral in a body. Music was furnished by a quartette consisting of Mesdames Jack HELLIER and Homer TURNER. The church was filled with relatives and old neighbors and friends of the deceased and there were a number of beautiful floral tributes. Interment was in the cemery at Whittington near his old farm home.
The pall bearers were Sam and John MEEK, Will, Robert, Frank and Collins ADAMS.
(Note: Whittington Cemetery, also known as Greenville/Fairfield Cemetery and is currently known as Union Cemetery)
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American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Jacob Adams
Residence: Fairfield, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 28 Sep 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Death Date: 10 Oct 1916
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 September 1861.
Enlisted in Company B, 64th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 1 Nov 1861.
Received a disability discharge from Company B, 64th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 14 Jun 1862.
Battles Fought;
Fought on 28 May 1862 at Corinth, MS.
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Contributor Anne Winters gave info for his mother, Isabella Bushong Adams and father Wm Adams owned the lot and I suspect he is buried there with no marker.
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JACOB B. ADAMS, Fairfield, was born January 19, 1837, in Dayton, Tippecanoe Co., Ind. He is a son of William and Isabell (Bushong) Adams - the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Kentucky.They were the parents of five children, viz.: Samuel, Mrs. Margaret J. Rinehard, Jacob B., our subject, Mrs. Catharine Meek, Mary M (deceased), and Francis Adams. The parents came to Bureau County, Ill., in the fall of 1840, and settled in Fairfield Township, Sectin 12.William Adams yet survives. Jacob B. Adams was reared in Bureau County, where he has made farming his occupation, and now owns a farm of eighty acres. Politically, he is connected with the Republican party.
Mr. Adams was married March 28, 1872, to Nellie Olson, a native of Sweden. Mrs. Nellie Adams was a good wife, and the fond mother of four children, viz.: Annie I., born January 25, 1873; Almie M., born July 13, 1876; Fannie M., born October 8, 1879, and Minnie Grace, born June 13, 1881. Mrs. Nellie Adams died September 3, 1884.
See more at: http://www.tampicohistoricalsociety.com
/articles/article/2092104/28045.htm#sthash.TtMzQ3hM.dpuf
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Information; Anne Winters #46894343
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